UFC officially announced two new fights this week for UFC Fight Night 83. Teemu Packalen will face Lukasz Sajewski in lightweight action, and Jarjis Danho will make his UFC debut in a heavyweight bout against Daniel Omielanczuk. Update: The UFC also announced on Wednesday that Jimi Manuwa vs. Nikita Krylov in heavyweight action has also been added to the card.
As of press time, there’s no official word on what the main event for the night will be. Michael Bisping vs. Gegard Mousasi, and Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Wilkinson are also currently on the card.
UFC Fight Night 83 takes place on February 27th at The O2 arena in London. U.S. broadcast details have yet to be announced, but as always with UFC events we will have round-by-round coverage right here on MMANews.com.
Here’s the current card, including both main card fights and preliminaries:
– Michael Bisping vs. Gegard Mousasi
– Makwan Amirkhani vs. Mike Wilkinson
– Rustam Khabilov vs. Norman Parke
– Tom Breese vs. Keita Nakamura
– Henry Briones vs. Brad Pickett
– Davey Grant vs. Marlon Vera
– Arnold Allen vs. Yaotzin Meza
– Martin Svensson vs. David Teymur
– Chris Dempsey vs. Krzysztof Jotko
– Scott Askham vs. Chris Dempsey
– Teemu Packalen vs. Lukasz Sajewski
– Jarjis Danho vs. Daniel Omielanczuk